City council approves LEF subdivision plans

Larry Lefler, owner of LEF, said the construction he had completed was out of sequence, according to Stuttgart’s Unified Development Code, but it was not intentional.

Leigh Kreimeier, reporter@stuttgartdailyleader.com

The Stuttgart City Council approved the intent for final plat approval of LEF South Buerkle Subdivision Phase II. This came with some discussion after the Stuttgart Planning Commission forwarded the issue to the Council without a recommendation.

“Everything has been done for the Unified Development Code just maybe backwards,” Stuttgart Mayor Marianne Maynard told the Council.

Larry Lefler, owner of LEF, said the construction he had completed was out of sequence, according to Stuttgart’s Unified Development Code, but it was not intentional.

“This was my first street so I take responsibility,” Lefler said.

According to the rules and regulations streets should be completed before any construction can start. Lefler said he built up the dirt and rock and used the construction equipment as sort of a packing device while building the triplexes. Then went back and applied the asphalt.

Not wanting to set a precedent for the future the Council decided to approve the measure, but amended the motion to include that this not set a precedent for any construction in the future and that its subject to the performance bond being approved.

“It’s been approved, I just can’t physically give it to you,” Lefler said of the approval he received Tuesday, but final paperwork had not been delivered.

The issue passed unanimously.

The Stuttgart Municipal Airport was approved to receive bids for the construction of 4,500 LF of security fencing and miscellaneous gates at the airport. The project is expected to cost $98,000.

Stuttgart Mayor Marianne Maynard will be applying for grants on behalf of the airport for 90 percent of the construction through Arkansas Department of Aeronautics and other state agencies.

“They have been after us for years to fence the airport and I keep telling them you can’t fence a farm,” Maynard said. “But with CAVU we have to a certain place fenced in so people can’t get into their facility.”

Maynard said with CAVU Aeronautics now at the airport they are losing certain business due to the fencing issue.

The resolution passed unanimously.

The Council also amended ordinance No. 1818. At the time the ordinance applied to former alderman Bob Koch, who has in the past performed banking services for the City of Stuttgart. The ordinance states that a city alderman with ties to any business or interest that supplies equipment to the city may not vote on that particular item.

This time it applies to Maynard.

“The airport ordered chairs through MaynMart and I am part of MaynMart,” she said.